Books-1 / New York (level 3)

New York

Answers to Book Activities

1Open answers

2a tower b sight c ferry d jazz e mayor

f financial

3–4 Open answers

5a 3 b 5 c 4 d 2 e 1 f 6

6Open answers

7a museum b crown

c statue d liberty

8a The Statue of Liberty b Central Park

c Ellis Island

d Brooklyn Bridge e Harlem

9–11 Open answers

12a baseball b alligator c parade

13Possible answers: jazz, rap

14a True

b False. The “Guardian Angels” protect people from criminals.

c True

d Untrue. The museum in Cairo has more Egyptian art than the Met.

e Untrue. The Cotton Club was in Harlem. f Untrue. Most American television

programs are made in Los Angeles. g True.

15–19 Open answers

Answers to Factsheet Activities

Communicative activities Activities before reading the book

1–3 Open answers

Activities after reading a section

Pages 1–9

1(a)–(v), (b)–(i), (c)–(viii), (d)–(iv), (e)–(vi),

(f)–(x), (g)–(iii), (h)–(vii), (i)–(ii), (j)–(ix)

2(a) The first European, Giovanni di Verrazano, landed on the islands.

(b)The British took the city and called it New York.

(c)16,000 people were living in the city.

(d)Britain , at war with the US, stopped ships coming into New York.

(e)Irish immigrants started to arrive.

Pages 10–23

1–2 Open answers

Pages 24–41

1–2 Open answers

Activities after reading the book

1–2 Open answers

Student’s Activities

Activities before reading the book

1–2 Open answers

Activities while reading the book

Pages 1–3

(a)8 million

(b)weather

(c)boroughs

(d)Roosevelt

(e)crime

(f)lakes/hills

(g)airports

Pages 4–7

1(i)–(c), 1902 (ii)–(e), 1928–30 (iii)–(a), 1933 (iv)–(b), 1973

(v)–(d), September 11, 2001

2Open answer

Pages 8–13

1(a) What does “Manna Hatta” mean?

(b)What did Peter Minuit pay for Manhattan Island?

(c)Why did the Americans fight the British in 1776?

(d)Where was the Statue of Liberty made?

(e)How many immigrants came through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954?

(f)How many questions did immigrants answer on Ellis Island?

(g)What are the immigration buildings on Ellis Island now?

2Open answer

Pages 14–17

1(a)–(ii), (b)–(iv, (c)–(i, (d)–(iii)

2Open answer

Pages 18–23

(a)False – 14 years

(b)True

(c)False – they cannot see the city

(d)True

(e)False – 600 million

(f)True

(g)True

(h)False – they cannot go in on the weekend

(i)False – only the people who live in the apartment around the park

(j)True

Pages 24–27

1Suggested answers. True – serious crime is going up, subway stations and busy streets, traveling at night. Not true – alligators under the streets, the Empire State Building is going into the ground, if you drop a penny from the top of the Empire State it will kill someone on the street.

2(a) Many New Yorkers are Irish and St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 is an important day for the city.

(b)There is a big parade through the center of Manhattan.

(c)On December 31 there is always a big crowd in Times Square.

(d)Then a big shining glass ball drops as the New Year begins.

(e)There have also been parades for other famous people.

Pages 28–33

1Open answer

2(a) The price of a dress in an expensive store.

(b)There are more than 20,000 restaurants in the city.

(c)Works of art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

(d)Things to see in the American Museum of Natural History

(e)The musical 42nd Street had 4,000 shows.

3Open answer

Pages 34–39

1 (a) Spike Lee

(b)Martin Scorsese

(c)Woody Allen

(d)the mayor

(e)John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

(f)Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer

(g)the Jets and the Giants

(h)the New York Knicks and the Harlem Globetrotters

2 Open answer

Pages 40–41

1 (a) 1945

(b)189

(c)the east side on Manhattan, on the East River

(d)No, it is international

(e)south of the Island in lower Manhattan

(f)It is one of the business centers of the world

(g)They make a lot of money, some ot them think they own the world

(h)Oliver Stone

2 (a) 42nd Street

(b)Central Park

(c)5th Avenue

(d)57th Street

Activities after reading the book

1–3 Open answers